South Dakota v. Dole
1987 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203 (1987), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court considered the limitations that the Constitution places on the authority of the United States Congress when Congress uses its authority to influence the individual states in areas of authority normally reserved to the states. The Court upheld the constitutionality of a federal statute that withheld federal funds from states whose legal drinking age did not conform to federal policy.[1]
Quick Facts South Dakota v. Dole, Argued April 28, 1987 Decided June 23, 1987 ...
South Dakota v. Dole | |
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Argued April 28, 1987 Decided June 23, 1987 | |
Full case name | South Dakota v. Dole, Secretary of Transportation |
Citations | 483 U.S. 203 (more) 107 S.Ct. 2793; 97 L. Ed. 2d 171; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2871 |
Case history | |
Prior | 791 F.2d 628 (8th Cir. 1986); cert. granted, 479 U.S. 982 (1986). |
Holding | |
Congress may attach reasonable conditions to funds disbursed to the states without running afoul of the Tenth Amendment, including requiring them to have a minimum legal drinking age of 21 for federal highway funding. | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Rehnquist, joined by White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, Scalia |
Dissent | Brennan |
Dissent | O'Connor |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. Art. 1, Sect. 8 U.S. Const. amends. X, XXI |
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